The Use of Dolls as a Communication Aid

Cilj ovog rada je ukazati na važnost komunikacije i lutke kao pomoć u komunikaciji kod djece predškolske dobi i uputiti na nedovoljnu osposobljenost i upućenost odgojitelja za rad s lutkom. Govor i govorna komunikacija su izrazito važni kod djece s poteškoćama u komunikaciji i nema kvalitetne psihoterapije bez govorne komunikacije. Govor možemo promatrati kao razvojni fenomen svakog djeteta s obzirom na kontekst ostalih fizičkih funkcija jer „čovjek misli samo za sebe, ali govori te misli drugima. No govor i mišljenje ne možemo promatrati odvojeno. Oni su dio jednog procesa. Dijete koje ovlada govorom, čistoćom i motorikom postaje samostalno i neovisno“ (Bastašić, 1992, str. 173). Lutka pomaže djetetu da uspostavi komunikaciju s odraslom osobom (odgojiteljem, učiteljem, terapeutom) te da na prihvatljiv način riješi konflikte i izazove s kojima se susreće u interakciji s drugom djecom. Ponovno proigravanje situacija s kojima se teško nosi pomaže mu da riješi sve probleme s kojima se suočava.The aim of this paper is to emphasize the importance of communication and dolls as a communication aid in work with preschool children and to call attention to the fact that teachers lack training and knowledge to use dolls as communication aid. Speech and verbal communication are a very important aspect of work with communication problems. There is no effective psychotherapy without verbal communication. Taking into consideration the concept of other physical functions, speech can be perceived as a developmental phenomenon of each child. “Men think for themselves, but communicate thoughts to other people. Hover, verbal expression and thinking cannot be analysed separately. They are constituent parts of a single process. After a child starts to talk, its speech development and development of motor skills make it independent (Bastašić, 1992, p. 173). A doll can help a child to establish communication with a grownup person (preschool teacher, teacher, therapist) and to deal with conflicts and challenges it faces in interaction with other children in an acceptable and effective manner. A repeated roleplaying of difficult situations can help the child solve the problems it faces